New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-16

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tionists and their or-ans. they aDl their cause
/ are clearly on the wan" They have 10 claim
,,cU II is a matter ~ business with them. Their
/ comm.-rial value 20 the Democracy depend, ou
''r rrnn fic'urc - hie hrrlY i.Ur> AND 1917 .i'''
ire io th.m with bulldog tn'rtv. l'e tHrl
. r,,,. orator is not whit t.tl.''I IS oa ".
/ r.f4r. he bucks up against q Ia Nl'A shoes.
l.g hard hood II Is fun To- Soc A.il DO - t"uI.I
AID ..,t for the sake Of Amusement $50 viii th.'"
out tic ftrt that the net Jos, IN the t,rd panty
/ vote last November was just i5i'o. That was
ilo .,,t slrluhasc in tAcr vote Doe all Tie state,
vh,,. ilcy IAN tickets. THOR total gains "'r"
/ a., mud their total lo>~., $1,000. The E'p1h-
R li.aa l.gh license policy is takn- the War r.r't
+ irto rhr tid party ranks II ir perfect ''>' OF
tlo sincerity 81 temperance views. IN ""-l''''
/ the, Gained 1852 votes, but IN lrnu'}I ann"
/ uc, los, Il. 600 The reason Tor this difference
/ hy wholly in the attitude ~ the Republicans OF
H.. two States Courage and Truth ~on IN Penn
..l,aaa Tmlity lost IN Now-iofA.
! Tic Democratic cock may crow till it gets the
/ asthma, but sam Randall won't deny his record
kcclv is giving De Lesscps close cai->c The
T Tr,pehmun promises TO have his canal opened
/ in February. 1890 The Philadclphian soicmnN
declares that he has struck new field. more
IS rnifcant than any he has heretofore worked IN,
and that il may require siN months 10 bring the
tl,tur 10 an issue. Strange 10 SAY, there are not
a few people who really believe all that these
workers in the realm OF fiction announce from
time 10 time.
| "EcvcrIy" writes to The Bo-ton Globe
inouiriur (which has the right Of way, the
/ United States mail or steam fire engine?' II
Is question which by unanimous consent Will
! e., 1.l,,t efatia bnt
shortly organize for the winter. 1t is interest
inc 70 note that IA quiet, inoIcnsivc royal Bengal
tiger las the right Of way against both. That
90 mt was settled at the late fire at Bridgeport
| which made such sad havoc with Mr. Banum =
collection Of wild beasts and related bric-a-brac.
A tiger that had been set free 10y the casualty
IN question was sauntcrng up the main street
| Of the town Just rs n United States matt wagon
was coming down. The driver must have been
certain that the tiger had the right of way
for all the witnesses OF the incident agree that
no sooner had he laid his eyes upon him than
lac promptly turned into side street without
n word Of protest. The driver of steamer on
It's way TO the fire not only followed the example
of the mail driver, but ESQ the driver OF rival
stcnmcr rclortcd got four miles hack in the
country before he pulled in his horses.
II is given out that the new Postmaster General
Will witch Washington with the finest team Of
horses that ever prnnccd. 1t is to be hoped
that Mr. Dickinson in his treatment Of third
and fourth class mail matter will live up to-
this consummate team.
| THE Buffalo Courier" defines its position in
regard 10 the proposition TO submit to the popular
vote an amendment TO the Constitution providing
| for prohibition. ave opposed TO the sub
mission OF prohibition amendment" Tine
| Courier exl ains, because we oppose prohibition
| itself" This Is Us good in its way Bishop
Wnrburton's Orthodoxy is my loxy, hetcrodoAy
| is another mans dOxy."
Some half-halcd Democratic papers are talking
| about Mr.. Baine's "labored tariff argument"
But they don't tell how he belaborcd MI Clevc-
lands tariff argument.
The free trade Mugwumps threatening TO
give the Republicans all the tariff discussion
that may be wanted next year II Mr.. Blaine
be nominated Mt Chicago Very well; that was